In his statement before the Ukrainian Defense Communication Group meeting, the Minister of Defense confirmed this The task of European teams to ensure post -Ukraine security will be. HegSeth decisive firmly:
The United States does not believe that NATO membership in Ukraine is a realistic result of negotiating arrangement.
The minister stressed that Ukraine must support any security guarantee by European and non -European teams without American participation.
In order to be clear, they will not install the American forces in Ukraine as part of any security guarantee
– Monta Higseth.
The US Secretary of Defense described Ukraine to the pre -2014 borders, an unrealistic goal. This statement is expected to be a source of concern for Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski, who recently emphasized that Europe alone cannot provide meaningful security guarantees to Ukraine without American leadership.
Higseth has not announced new American aid to Ukraine. Instead, he stressed: “We are here to express directly and clearly Crygen strategic facts prevent us from focusing on Europe's security more“
NATO and the European Union have already been prepared to withdraw the United States to coordinate military aid to Ukraine. To this end, NATO established his security mechanism.
British Defense Minister John Healy in response to our fears Secretary -General Mark Root Nato agreed to settle security support to Ukraine, But he stressed that more to change the course of the conflict.
US Defense Secretary repeated President Donald Trump's invitation The allies should raise their defensive expenses to 5 % instead of 2 % of GDP. According to Higseth, the current 2 % is “not enough”.
At the end of his speech, Higseth emphasized the American commitment to the NATO association and defense partnership with Europe, but added:
The United States is no longer tolerated with an unbalanced relationship that encourages addiction.
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